2019-2020学年黑龙江省哈尔滨三中高二(上)期末英语试卷.pdf

2019-2020 学年黑龙江省哈尔滨三中高二（上）期末英语 试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共 15 小题，共 30.0 分） A If you contact Indy Cube （a provider of workspaces ） after 5 p ． m．， youll receive an automatic message， We will get back to you pretty quickly during working hours ．If you are messaging us outside of these were probably busy with things like horse-riding dancing or ， ， a good sleep． The firm is one of a growing number of employers giving their workers an extra day off for the same pay as a five-day week ． The four-day week schedule can raise productivity for bosses and happiness for workers ． Its not just small businesses that spot a chance to save money by turning the lights off one day a week ． Perpetual Guardian， one of the biggest organizations to make the switch ， enjoys huge global interest ， with 406 organizations from around the world asking it for advice ． This week we have had people contact us from Japan， Canada， the UK ， France， Switzerland ， said its founder Andrew Barnes ． The day off that each worker takes varies perhaps making it a bit hard to manage But theres a change in the firms ， ． culture-less time surfing on social media and fewer unnecessary meetings ， said Barnes ． However ， Kate Cooper argues that the reasons behind increases in productivity are not yet clear ． Cooper said that the Hawthorne effect may be in play ．That is ， people change their behavior simply because they feel they are being observed ． In this case， they feel that by being granted a four-day week they believe their bosses are interested in their work But how ， ． long could that last ？ Cooper doubts ． Comment 1 ： I do